Top 5 Manga Like Under the Air (Kuuki no Soko) [2026 List]

5. Boukyou Tarou

The manga's story centers on a man who, in searching for an ideal life and a reason to live, ends up traveling to the beginning of human history.

Boukyou Tarou is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 望郷太郎, Homesick Tarou

4. Nora

Nora has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: ノーラ, Nora

3. Reppuu!! Juukitai 203

Manga about the Russo-Japanese war. Set in 1904, it follows a special corps of soldiers trained to pilot a steam-powered robot called Brodrov.

Reppuu!! Juukitai 203 has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: 突工！！獣機隊二〇三, Gale! Jyukitai 203

2. Sayonara Eden

In a world where war has destroyed half of Japan and drugs and sex abound, two virgins try to find their "true love" while being tossed around by those around them.

Goodbye, Eden has finished publishing and it has 33 Chapters. It is also Known as: さよならエデン, Goodbye Eden

1. Kuuki no Soko

"Under the Air" is a series of short stories focusing on the greed and despair of people jostling for space on the surface of a little planet called Earth.
The first episode, entitled "Man Who Visits Joe," features a white male racist who has received an organ transplant from a black man without his knowledge and tries to hide it. The last episode, entitled "Couple under the Air," depicts the tragedy of a couple who have grown from babies to adults on life-sustaining machines after all other humans have become extinct. Many episodes of this series are critical of civilization.

Under the Air has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 空気の底, Under the Air, Bajo el Aire